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		<title>Free Patterns Gone Paid = Missed Opportunity</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:35:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Being Web Savvy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Selling Crafts on the Internet]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Website Promotion]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I talked about in one of my first blog posts &#8211; Free Patterns Lead to Sales, it&#8217;s a fairly common practice for crafters to offer free patterns on their blogs and websites. Freebies can lead to a multitude of free links and advertising for your site. And it&#8217;s not a technique for garnering links [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Writing About Me Pages &#8211; Round II</title>
		<link>http://www.blogaboutcrafts.com/writing-about-me-pages-round-ii.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:19:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An open letter to other bloggers who don't understand why they should have an About Me page and suggestions on how to utilize it as a link building tool.]]></description>
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		<title>How long do websites and directories last?</title>
		<link>http://www.blogaboutcrafts.com/how-long-do-websites-and-directories-last.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.blogaboutcrafts.com/how-long-do-websites-and-directories-last.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2009 02:19:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Being Web Savvy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet Marketing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent complaint by someone on a directory forum got me to thinking, how long do websites typically last and are directories more likely than average websites to disappear quickly? What sort of ROI can someone expect from directory submissions over the long term? Is it really 0% as one forum member reported?
Website Life Spans
Unfortunately, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free Artist Profiles</title>
		<link>http://www.blogaboutcrafts.com/free-artist-profiles.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.blogaboutcrafts.com/free-artist-profiles.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Being Web Savvy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Artist Profiles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[craft site promotion]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was looking at someone&#8217;s blog today and noticed a conversation on how to advertise a crafting business on the cheap. One of the things mentioned was to ask bloggers if they would be willing to interview artists or review their sites.
I&#8217;ve toyed with the idea to review each of the sites submitted and accepted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free Advertising for Crafters</title>
		<link>http://www.blogaboutcrafts.com/free-advertising-for-crafters.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.blogaboutcrafts.com/free-advertising-for-crafters.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:39:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Selling Crafts on the Internet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[craft site promotion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crafty Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[link building]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reusable Art]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Crafty Tipster]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve talked before about a variety of ways to get free advertising and backlinks. If you are a repeat visitor to this blog, you probably already know about Crafty Tips, my arts and crafts directory.
But, did you know that there&#8217;s a special category to showcase other websites that offer free or paid advertising to crafters? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Great Marketing Ploy or Bonehead Move?</title>
		<link>http://www.blogaboutcrafts.com/great-marketing-ploy-or-bonehead-move.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.blogaboutcrafts.com/great-marketing-ploy-or-bonehead-move.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[link building]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the UK&#8217;s major newspapers apparently has a section of their site set aside for blogs. It would appear that their regular contributing authors are given the space on this quite large website to talk about a variety of topics relating to their regular columns.
Being in the US, can&#8217;t say as I usually follow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Backlink Madness</title>
		<link>http://www.blogaboutcrafts.com/backlink-madness.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.blogaboutcrafts.com/backlink-madness.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2007 03:38:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[internet sense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[link building]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://flashgallerytemplate.com/?p=85</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So often when someone lists one of their sites for sale, they mention the number of backlinks it has. The number of backlinks a site has does impact its ranking in the search engines and would appear to be a important factor in valuing a website.
After a little research, I will continue to seek out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Promotion vs. Shameless Plug</title>
		<link>http://www.blogaboutcrafts.com/promotion-vs-shameless-plug.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.blogaboutcrafts.com/promotion-vs-shameless-plug.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 20:45:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Website Promotion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[internet sense]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://flashgallerytemplate.com/?p=76</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s so very tempting. Drop that link, stuff a signature, or spam people&#8217;s blogs. But, when does something migrate from promotion to shameless plug and should we even worry about if it does?
First let me define how I see the terms promotion and shameless plug as variations on a theme. 
To me, promotion is when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shared Blogging, Shared Inspiration, Shared Marketing</title>
		<link>http://www.blogaboutcrafts.com/shared-blogging-shared-inspiration-shared-marketing.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.blogaboutcrafts.com/shared-blogging-shared-inspiration-shared-marketing.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 20:28:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Selling Crafts on the Internet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[craft site promotion]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi All, I&#8217;m back after a bit of a long Labor Day Weekend. I should be back on track for my Wednesday and Sunday postings now.
Shared Blogging
I&#8217;ve noticed a new trend in blogging &#8211; shared or collective blogging. Groups of artisans are getting together and sharing their ideas and inspiration in the form of a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Web Site Navigation</title>
		<link>http://www.blogaboutcrafts.com/web-site-navigation.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.blogaboutcrafts.com/web-site-navigation.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 21:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Selling Crafts on the Internet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[craft site content]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[craft site promotion]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[web programming]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Web site navigation is about more than how cool or stylish your menus look. Web site navigation is about creating clear and obvious routes for your site&#8217;s visitors to get from one page to another.
I was recently working with a crafter on upgrading her website. Her husband was her webmaster and while his skills were [...]]]></description>
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